Doughnuts Recipe

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Ingredients
16
Count
Nutrition
1676
Calories
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. In a medium bowl, dissolve the yeast in the warm water.
  2. Add the milk, margarine or butter, egg, sugar, and salt, and blend with an electric mixer until smooth.
  3. Add half the flour and mix for 30 seconds.
  4. Add the remaining flour and knead the dough with flour-dusted hands until smooth.
  5. Cover the bowl of dough and leave it in a comfy, warm place until the dough doubles in size, about 1 hour. You can tell that the dough has risen enough when you poke it with your finger and the indentation stays.
  6. Rollout the dough on a heavily floured surface until it's about 1/2 inch thick.
  7. If you don't have a donut cutter, and don't intend to buy one, here's a way to punch out your dough: Empty a standard 15-ounce can of whatever you can find-vegetables, refried beans, even dog food. Be sure to wash out the can very well, and punch a hole in the opposite end so that the dough won't be held inside the can by a vacuum.
  8. When you've punched out all the dough (you should have about a dozen unholed donuts), it's time for the holes. Find the cap to a bottle of lemon juice or Worcestershire sauce, or any other small cap with a diameter of about 1 1/4 inches. Use this to punch out holes in the center of each of your donuts.
  9. Place the donuts on plates or cookie sheets, cover, and let stand in the same warm, comfy place until they nearly double in size. This will take 30 to 45 minutes.
  10. Heat the vegetable oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Bring the oil to about 350 degrees. It is easily tested with scrap dough left over from punching out the donuts. The dough should bubble rapidly.
  11. Fry each donut for about 30 seconds per side, or until light golden brown. Cool 5 minutes on paper towels.
  12. For either the plain or the chocolate glaze, combine the margarine or butter with the powdered sugar in a medium bowl and blend with an electric mixer.
  13. Add the vanilla and hot water. Mix until smooth.
  14. If you're making the chocolate glaze, melt the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl in the microwave for 30 to 40 seconds. Stir, then microwave another 30 seconds and stir again until completely melted. Add to the plain glaze mixture. Blend until smooth.
  15. When the donuts have cooled, dip each top surface into the glaze and then flip over and cool on a plate until the glaze firms up, about 15 minutes.
  16. YOU CAN USE THE HOLES YOU HAVE PUNCHED OUT AND MAKE THEM INTO DOUGHNUT HOLES!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1676.04 Kcal (7017 kJ)
Calories from fat 1305.92 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 145.1g 223%
Cholesterol 11.95mg 4%
Sodium 676.3mg 28%
Potassium 1146.89mg 24%
Total Carbs 96.16g 32%
Sugars 51.78g 207%
Dietary Fiber 2.27g 9%
Protein 8.73g 17%
Vitamin A 0.9mg 30%
Iron 1.4mg 8%
Calcium 57.9mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 562.34 Kcal (2354 kJ)
Calories from fat 438.16 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 48.68g 223%
Cholesterol 4.01mg 4%
Sodium 226.91mg 28%
Potassium 384.8mg 24%
Total Carbs 32.26g 32%
Sugars 17.37g 207%
Dietary Fiber 0.76g 9%
Protein 2.93g 17%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 30%
Iron 0.5mg 8%
Calcium 19.4mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 45.2
    Points
  • 48
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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